On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 17:08 -0600, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > On 3/8/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 15:04, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > > On 3/8/06, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu <m3freak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > > > Is anyone here using the NX client for Linux (any > version) on > > Fedora > > Core 4 with a freenx server? If you are, have you > experienced > > any > > problems with Metacity not starting in the remote > Gnome > > session? > > > > I am using the NX client ith FreeNX, but I use KDE and > haven't noticed > > any problems, on the contrary, I am very impressed coming > from VNC. > > I've had an assortment of problems with sessions lingering > that should have been terminated and not being able to > resume sessions that should have been available. I don't > think they are fedora-specific problems but I'd appreciate > any insight - it is great after the connection works. > > I'm sorry to again have a KDE centric answer but here is what I do and > works flawlessly. > - Setup freenx on machine with KDE (in my case FC4) > - Login in with NX client (i have tried both Windows and another FC4 > machine) > - Enjoy and use > - Use the Logout button in KDE when done (this has never failed to > close the session for me) > > I have done this over both wifi/WAN and simple ethernet/WAN > connections. ---- I can't speak for Les or Kanwar, but my problem is not with logging out but sometimes resuming 'suspended' sessions and that is probably my biggest frustration as I have a fairly well defined workspace with a terminal with 5 shells in my first window - specific directories and one with a root shell and one with a root shell on a separate server, the second window with phppgadmin, the third window with Quanta Plus - my primary development software and the 4 workspace, Firefox with several tabs. When I cannot resume the session, I have to in essence, recreate it though I have some shortcuts to get things back to where they were, it's never the same as I had left my suspended session and it's frustrating. Craig
